The best baby names starting with P
First initials carry weight — they end up on backpacks, lockers and birthday cakes. P is a fine one to build on.
These are the top P-names in America today, ranked by real use.
Girls
- Penelope#22 today
- Paisley#67 today
- Parker#106 today
- Piper#155 today
- Phoebe#157 today
- Peyton#199 today
- Presley#225 today
- Palmer#232 today
- Poppy#292 today
- Paige#346 today
- Payton#440 today
- Phoenix#533 today
- Priscilla#544 today
- Paris#592 today
- Paislee#666 today
- Persephone#734 today
- Penny#740 today
- Pearl#776 today
- Paulina#783 today
- Paloma#792 today
- Promise#823 today
- Paula#853 today
- Paisleigh#1043 today
- Princess#1120 today
Boys
- Parker#102 today
- Peter#187 today
- Patrick#235 today
- Paul#262 today
- Preston#299 today
- Phoenix#329 today
- Paxton#338 today
- Pablo#429 today
- Prince#447 today
- Pedro#455 today
- Pierce#505 today
- Philip#527 today
- Porter#560 today
- Phillip#651 today
- Princeton#652 today
- Peyton#683 today
- Palmer#991 today
- Psalm#1108 today
- Perseus#1204 today
- Pierre#1252 today
- Percy#1276 today
- Perry#1370 today
- Pierson#1451 today
How this list is built: Names beginning with P inside the current national top-1500, ordered by today's rank. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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